Sola Scriptura!

A lot of ministry students like myself have heard this term or saying before.  It means scripture only.  This is the way I strive to live my life.  It is according to the inspired word of God.  Because God holds all wisdom in his hands if we follow what he has said then we will be able to live victoriously in this present world.  People try to say that the Bible is outdated, but God is not subject to time therefore God can not be outdated.  God knew the end from the beginning and before we were formed in the whom he knew us.  How can he ever be outdated?  I am not trying to shove aside tradition, but tradition should be taken as just that rather than our means of salvation or mark of christianity.  A christian by definition is a Christ - follower.  I think that many traditions are great, but if you can not apply the word or God to your life than you have only a form of Godliness.  I want to exude Godliness from the inside out.  We are suppose to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.  We are suppose to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.  That is what sola scriptura means to me, and it goes beyond any denomenation or tradition.  Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.  Be circumsized of the spirit or the physical act won't mean anything.  This is a matter of the heart.  God did say if you love me keep my commandments.  Knowing and following the word of God is a show of love not a show of our own perfection because there is not one person that is righteous on their own.  No not one.  Our logic is flawed, our conscience can be skewed, and our emotions are ever changing, but God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  Sola scriptura everyone.

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